Rhetoric. If true the Clinton tax increases in the 90s would have killed the economy, yet 22 million jobs were created. 6 million more than the Gipper' s trickle-down, 21 million more than Bush's trickle-down. Corporations and the wealthy already have a glut of cash. Why would more alter their thinking? The Koch Brothers, worth 35 billion dollars, need more money to create jobs? I would raise taxes and invest in infrastructure and education. Those are statistically proven strategies, not the appropriately named Voodoo economics.

Agree. If the objective is to help the middle class and create jobs for trump's unemployed then this tax reform package is not the solution. trump's populist, America first voters thought they were voting for something new, but that is not what they are getting. PT Barnum said it best.

Bull hockey. Corporations and any company exist for the sole purpose of enriching their shareholders.

Companies are not in business to create jobs. If anything, a cut in corporate taxes will go into the dividends paid to investors and bonuses to management.

Trickle down, nope. Investing in off-shore or exporting of jobs is the name of the game. With AI and robotics now in full play any monies put back into 'the' company will not produce many if any sustainable jobs.

" Bull hockey. Corporations and any company exist for the sole purpose of enriching their shareholders. "

Steven, thanks for the clear and unambiguous statement : )

Public companies first responsibility is to shareholders. Period. If adding new employees improves the bottom line and shareholder stock value, then that happens. If adding robots and technology improves the bottom line--bye bye workers. STOCK PRICE rules.

Everyone needs to be clear where primary concerns lie in public companies--mostly in the paychecks of the senior executives. I was there. It's not a myth.

WSJ Video: I suggest everyone watch this 20 second video and watch the CEO's when asked if they would make capital investments with corporate tax reform.

VIDEO: CEOs asked if they plan to increase their company's capital investments if the GOP's tax bill passes. A few hands go up. "Why aren't the other hands up?" Gary Cohn asks.#WSJCEOCouncilpic.twitter.com/TD2oAlN27S

Someone postpones consumption, invests his savings to produce a good or service, delights customers, generates profits, and then consumes and invests what’s left in further production. These profits are pure, generated from price signals between buyers and sellers, without favoritism from experts or elites. It isn’t hard to grasp.

Profit is the ultimate measure of value to consumers—and therefore to society. Consumers benefit from buying stuff, or else they would make it all themselves, and producers benefit from selling, or else business wouldn’t be worth the effort. Of similar value, profits go both ways.